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The sleep of this story is said by Coleridge to be a sleep of opium, and Kubla Khan may be read as an early poetic description of this drug experience. The fact that the poem is generally regarded as one of Coleridge's best is one reason for the continuing interest and debate about the opium's role in his creative output and in Romanticism in ...
Title page to the 1811 second edition. The Curse of Kehama is an 1810 epic poem composed by Robert Southey.The origins of the poem can be traced to Southey's schoolboy days when he suffered from insomnia, along with his memories of a dark and mysterious schoolmate that later formed the basis for one of the poem's villains.
The Poem of Ecstasy (Le Poème de l'extase), Op. 54, is a symphonic poem by Russian composer and pianist Alexander Scriabin written between 1905 and 1908, [1] when Scriabin was actively involved with the Theosophical Society. [2] The 20-minute work premiered on 10 December 1908 in New York City.
Pages in category "Poems about drugs" ... The Wild Party (poem) This page was last edited on 21 January 2023, at 07:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). [1] Laudanum is prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) in alcohol ().
The Romantic era in Britain was, in addition to a time of growth for literature and poetry, a time of increased opium use. Interspersed among importation of opium from the Middle and Far East countries, Britain itself produced a meager amount of opium and utilized it, at least initially, as medicine and also as an ingredient in patent medicines to treat a variety of ailments and diseases.
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Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. [4] Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.